Mesh Making (3D Studio Max)

Meshing Basics

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224689">3D Applications</a>

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225377">Basics of Good Design</a> An overview on Poly counts texture and uv mapping choices, as well as a bit on Advertising Shots.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224790">From Concept to Catalog</a> A discussion on going from a rough sketched idea to final product.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225474">Intro to Mesh Building</a> A basic overview on the process of meshing, texturing, uv mapping, weighting and exporting a mesh.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225586">Intro to Skeletons</a> Overview of the bone structure all products are built on.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225449">Mapping Materials</a> Does not cover UV mapping but explains 3D studios Material editor.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225599">Smoothing groups</a> Explains 3D Studios Smoothing Groups settings needed for IMVU.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225850">Vertex Paint in Max</a> How to pre tint your meshes in 3D Studio.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2226023">Weight a Mesh (Skin)</a> A basic overview on the skin modifiers settings. Does not explain how to actually weight a mesh.
<a href="http://imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225422">Weighting in Physique</a> Overview on using Physique.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224815">Intro to Exporting</a> Basic overview on exporting you mesh from 3D Studio and what the various Cal3D file types are.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224878">Export Skeleton .XSF </a>A mesh's bone structure information.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224866">Export Mesh .XMF</a> A mesh's 3D structural information.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224852">Exporting Materials .XRF</a> A mesh's texture settigs information.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224836">Export Animations .XAF</a> A skeleton’s animation information.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225263">Exporting Morph - .xpf </a>A mesh's morph animation information.

Meshing Furniture and Rooms

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224944">Intro to Furniture</a> Basic overview on furniture making in 3D Studio. The Furniture Source files are found here.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224972">Furniture ProductionPath</a> A down and dirty workflow of furniture making. Good as a checklist guide if you already know the basics.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225394">Seat Naming Convention</a> how to label your seat nodes in 3D studio.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225548">Room Nodes</a> Basic anatomy of a room's node bone structure.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224955">Furniture Nodes</a> Basic anatomy of furnture's bone structure.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224771">Catcher & Pitcher Nodes
</a><a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225390">Handle Nodes</a> Further expiation of the handle node, the thing that tells he client where to render the seat’s clickable icon.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225247">Bone Parenting</a> How to parent your nodes.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224744">Working with the Camera</a> How to set up the camera for your room mesh.

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225577">See-Through Nodes</a> How to make mesh parts that vanish as the camera moves to give clear views .

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2224910">Texture Small Building</a> While it seems this should be in the texturing category this actually covers 3D studio meshing technique to add life to your mesh with a focus on using low poly meshing, using texturing for your details instead of polygons.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2256086">Super Furniture Product</a> An Overview on how to design an advanced furniture item that uses many of the features furniture can have, including custom avatar animations, particles and texture animations.
<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225844">Creating the Crossroads</a> An Overview of the design process of creating a room.

 

Meshing Avatars Clothing and Accessories

<a href="http://www.imvu.com/creators/education_center.php?tutorial_id=2225241">Avatar Body Parts Intro</a> Overview on the body parts that